‘I am beyond drooling’ and other reactions to Apple event (tweets)

Reaction on microblogging site Twitter to the press event in which Apple revealed its new iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus and Apple Watch in Cupertino, California, yesterday, has ranged from condemnation to religious fervour.

Both journalists and regular viewers alike (who had access to a Mac) were puzzled and angered by the live stream of the press event being overtaken by a Chinese interpreter, making it difficult to hear what Apple CEO Tim Cook was saying, unless you understood the interpreter, obviously.

However, this didn’t appear to matter to Apple’s legions of diehard fans, which ranged from celebrities cooing over how amazing they think it all is, to others firmly in the Android et al camp seething behind their keyboards.

Comedian and presenter Stephen Fry was arguably the biggest culprit of Applemania, describing the unveiling of the Apple Watch as if he had just seen the very face of God.